Monday, April 8, 2024

Welcome back to TechCrunch PM! I’m so bummed to live near a good vantage point for the total solar eclipse, only for it to be overcast. Thankfully, there’s an app for that. Today, learn about a government consulting firm that got hacked, more about the U.S. semiconductor deal with TSMC, how Uber Eats emulates TikTok, a noninvasive anxiety treatment and some new Google features. Also, Google Cloud Next starts tomorrow, and the TechCrunch team is all over it, so we’ll bring you everything you need to know throughout the week. Until then! — Christine

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TechCrunch Top 3

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Whoops: It took nine months for U.S. consulting firm Greylock McKinnon Associates to disclose a data breach in which hackers stole over 340,000 Social Security numbers. Find out why. Read More

Deep dive into the U.S./TSMC deal: The U.S. Department of Commerce proposed investing as much as $6.6 billion to fund a third Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) fab in Arizona. Now learn how China tensions come into play. Read More

Uber Eats gets into video: Uber Eats is working on a TikTok-like short-form video feed to boost discovery and help restaurants showcase their dishes. It’s being tested in New York, San Francisco and Toronto and will launch worldwide soon. Read More

Afternoon must-reads

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Vista Equity takes another company private: This time it is Model N, a platform used by companies such as Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and AMD to automate decisions related to pricing, incentives and compliance. The deal is valued at $1.25 billion and is the private equity firm’s fifth “take-private” deal in 18 months. Read More

“Calgon, take me away!”: Therapeutic headbands and eye mask–like medical devices have long had benefits for a number of chronic issues. Now meet Neurovalens, a Belfast-based startup that, for over a decade, has been developing technology to deliver noninvasive electrical stimulation to the brain and nervous system. The good news is its second head-mounted treatment device was cleared by the FDA. Read More

New Google features: More products get the Gemini treatment, while Google upgraded its Find My Device network in the U.S. and Canada.

Another breach: We learned that in March, India’s largest audio and wearables brand boAt had a data breach that compromised the data of more than 7.5 million customers. The company is investigating amid a sample of the data being uploaded on a known cybercrime forum. Read More

Become a Startup Battlefield 200 company: Apply today to join peers at October’s TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco. Read More

Around the web

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Everyone is waiting for the iPad Air. Mashable has your look at when to expect it. Read More

Meanwhile, The Information reports Haun Ventures grabs a stake in blockchain analytics startup Chainalysis. Read More

And read what JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has to say about the economic state of affairs and AI’s role in society. CNBC has more. Read More

TechCrunch Minute

Quantum computing’s next era could be led by Microsoft and Quantinuum: The tech world is incredibly focused on AI and its applications today, but artificial intelligence is hardly the only place where progress is being made. Let’s talk about the recent announcement from Microsoft and Quantinuum. Hit play!

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On the pods

On today’s Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, Alex gets into privacy laws in the U.S., a new semiconductor deal, gaming news and what Spotify is up to. And there’s a little bit of crypto thrown in. Listen here